Tom Coughlin

In 12 seasons as head coach of the New York Giants, Tom Coughlin guided Eli Manning and the rest of Big Blue to two Super Bowl championships, earning the reputation as a master underdog, as well as a terrific head coach. Coughlin's legacy, which will live on in the Giants' Ring of Honor and perhaps the Pro Football Hall of Fame, was rooted in the team's pair of upsets against the New England Patriots in Super Bowls XLII (2007 season) and XLVI (2011 season).

Coughlin led the Giants to five playoff berths in addition to four postseason appearances as head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars. At age 65, Coughlin became the oldest coach to win a Super Bowl when a second dose of late-game heroics against Patriots coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady resulted in the Giants' fourth championship in franchise history. Twenty-one years earlier, Coughlin was part of his first Super Bowl team as wide receivers coach for the Giants in 1990 (while Belichick served as the team's defensive coordinator).

After his second straight 6-10 season in 2015, Coughlin resigned from his Giants post, leaving the franchise without a head coach for the first time since 2004.